essay

Seip Mound State Memorial: nonmortuary aspects of Hopewell

hopewell archaeology : the chillicothe conferenceKent, OhioPublished In 1979 • Pages: 16-18

By: Baby, Raymond S., Langlois, Suzanne M..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Baby and Langlois describe several 'house' floors they have found at Seip Mound. These floors lack hearths, fire pits, or much in the way of food remains and were not charnel houses. They do contain storage pits and contain remains of large numbers of such things as bladelets, mica, or worked fresh-water shells. It is suggested these 'houses' were the sites of specialized workshops that were associated with the 'ceremonial aspects of the culture' (page 17).
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Public structures
Building interiors and arrangement
Sacred objects and places
Cultural stratigraphy
traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Hopewell
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2004
RegionThe area the document pertains to
North America
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Eastern Woodlands
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
essay
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Archaeologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Sarah Berry ; 2003
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1971-1977
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
circa 1800 BP
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Seip Mound, Ohio
NotesAdditional notes
Raymond S. Baby and Suzanne M. Langlois
For bibliographical references see document 11: Brose and Greber
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
79088607
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Hopewell culture